[LUNI] MSIE 6 on Kubuntu

[Mike Scott]

Thanks, that worked.

- Mike Scott


> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: [LUNI] MSIE 6 on Kubuntu
> From: "Samir Faci" <sfaci at cs.uic.edu>
> Date: Sun, June 24, 2007 12:48 pm
> To: "Linux Users Of Northern Illinois - Technical Discussion"
> <luni at luni.org>
> 
> did you try the command sux  instead of su
> 
> sux does what su does but automatically does all the x crap you need.
> 
> -- 
> Samir
> 
> 
> 
> On 6/24/07, Mike Scott <luni at pyewacket.org> wrote:
> > Don't ask me why, I just wanted to see how well it works, but I am
> > trying to run IE 6 on Kubuntu Feisty Fawn.
> >
> > I don't want to run it under my user account, so I created a new user
> > named "windows" that I hope will sandbox the legendary IE insecurity.
> > The problem I am having is getting X to share it's display.  I su to
> the
> > windows user from an XTerm and when I launch it, I get:
> >
> > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> > Xlib: No protocol specified
> >
> > I have set the DISPLAY variable in the windows session to :0.0, but the
> > only way I can get it to work is to completely turn off access control
> > using "xhost +" from my user logon.
> > If I try "xhost +localhost" or xhost +path" (the hostname of the
> box) it
> > won't work.
> >
> > Any suggestions?
> >
> > - Mike Scott
> >
> >
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